Air Turquoise

Air Turquoise
Founded	June 2005
Ceased operations	August 2006
Operating bases	Vatry International Airport
Fleet size	1
Destinations	London, Bordeaux, Marseille
Website	airturquoise.com[dead link‍]

Air Turquoise was a low-cost airline based in France. It operated services to Marseille, Nice and Bordeaux from Reims Champagne Airport. The airline was liquidated on 2 August 2006.^[1]

History

The airline was founded on 21 June 2005. It flew a single 44-seat ATR 42-500 (D-BRRR).^[2]

On 28 June 2006 the airline moved its operations from Reims airport to Vatry International Airport.^[3]

The airline experienced financial problems and all flights were suspended from 19 July 2006 onwards, followed by liquidation.^[2]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Its operational capacity was retained until 31 July, in the hope that a new investor would come forward.^[7]

On 2 August 2006, the company ceased its activities.^[8]

Air Turquoise flew to the following destinations:^[9]

^ Flight International 27 March 2007
^ ^a ^b "planespotters.net". Archived from the original on 2017-08-05. Retrieved 2011-07-21.
^ "Champagne-Ardenne. L'aéroport de Reims-Champagne ferme après le départ d'Air Turquoise". La Gazette des Communes (in French). Retrieved 2024-11-01.
^ "Air Turquoise". journal-aviation.com. 2006-07-19. Retrieved 2024-11-01.
^ "Jugement TC Reims Air Turquoise 19-07-2006 (n° 2006/00586-4)". tourmag.com. 2006-07-19. Retrieved 2024-11-01.
^ "Air Turquoise arrête les frais". L'Echo Touristique (in French). 2006-08-22. Retrieved 2024-11-01.
^ "Air Turquoise : liquidation judiciaire avec poursuite d'activité jusqu'au 31 juillet". TourMaG.com, le média spécialiste du tourisme francophone (in French). Retrieved 2024-11-01.
^ "Aéroport : fin de vol pour Air Turquoise (Nice-Reims)". WebtimeMedias (in French). 2006-08-18. Retrieved 2024-11-01.
^ "airlineroutemaps.com". Archived from the original on 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2011-07-21.

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